6 Days Private Beijing Shanghai Tour by Overnight Sleeper Train, 3-Star Hotels

Itinerary

Day 1: Airport Pickup

Pass By: Beijing Capital International Airport, Shunyi, Beijing, China
Upon your arrival, you will meet your tour guide and driver outside the baggage claim area at the airport. After a short greeting, you will be escorted to the hotel. The rest of the day is free for you.

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Days Inn Forbidden City Hotel (3 stars)

Day 2: Beijing Highlights Tour Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City and the Temple of Heaven

Stop At: Tiananmen Square (Tiananmen Guangchang), West Changan Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100006 China
In the morning, you tour guide and driver will pick you up from the hotel. Then, come to Tiananmen Square, the largest city square in the world. It is also a place to honor the birth of new China and those people who had great contributions to this republic country. If you have more interest to this scenic spot, you can get a further introduction from your knowledgeable guide.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Forbidden City-The Palace Museum, No.4 Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100009 China
Walk to the northernmost part of the square, and you will see the Forbidden City. Used to be a palace for 24 emperors, it has immense scale and distinctive building characteristics. Getting the knowledge from your guide about the long history of this best preserved imperial palace, you will have a deeper understanding of Chinese culture.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Temple of Heaven, Tiantan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100050 China
In the afternoon, you will visit the Temple of Heaven. It was a place for emperors to hold a royal worship ceremony in the past. This place has close contact with the ancient Chinese culture, history and religion even the music. It also reveals the Ancient people’s reverence for imperial power and the strict feudal hierarchical system. You will have at least one hour to appreciate the cultural relics in this place.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Days Inn Forbidden City Hotel (3 stars)

Day 3: Great Wall Tour

Stop At: Mutianyu Great Wall, Mutianyu Road, Huairou District, Beijing China
In the morning, you will be picked up from the hotel and leave for the Mutianyu Great Wall with the company of your guide and driver. A round-trip cable car is included so that you can save more time on the Wall. Standing on the wall and looking at it stretching up and down into boundless distance is an exciting experience and will leave you a life-long memory.
Duration: 2 hours

Pass By: Niaochao National Stadium, No.1 Guojia Tiyuchang South Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing China
After your visit to the Mutianyu Great Wall, you will be escorted back to your hotel. On the way, you will have a chance to appreciate the buildings of National Stadium - Bird's Nest (Niao Chao) from a distance. And later, drop by a local famous market before getting back to the hotel. That's all of this-day tour.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Days Inn Forbidden City Hotel (3 stars)

Day 4: Beijing City Tour & Overnight Soft-sleeper Train to Shanghai

Stop At: Beijing Zoo, No.137 Xizhimenwai Main Street, Xicheng District, Beijing 100044 China
It will be a great experience to see pandas when travelling in China. This morning, your guide will take you to the panda house in Beijing Zoo to see those lovely creatures. You will see many pandas, young and old, some active and some lazy.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Summer Palace (Yiheyuan), No.19 Xinjian Gongmen Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100080 China
After that you will turn to the beautiful Summer Palace. t used to be a royal garden as well as a summer resort. You can appreciate the typical Chinese classical buildings connected by zigzagging corridors and bridges distributing among the hills and lakes harmoniously.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Lama Temple (Yonghegong), No.12 Yonghegong Street, Beixinqiao, Dongcheng District, Beijing 100007 China
After that, you will visit a unique Tibetan styled temple - Lama Temple (Yonghe Lamasery). With more than 300 years history, the buildings of the temple have been kept in good condition. Although there are many prayers and tourists every day, the peace of this temple can be palpable.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Hutong Tour, No.9, Zhonglou, Dongcheng District No.9, Zhonglou, Dongcheng District, 100009, Beijing, Beijing 100009 China
Then you will have a Hutong tour by taking a rickshaw ride. Hutongs mean narrow alleys lined with old residential courtyards. Wander along these winding lanes, immerse yourself in the peaceful and comfortable atmosphere.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: Overnight soft sleeper train

Day 5: Railway Station Pickup, Shanghai City Tour

Stop At: Shanghai Museum (Shanghai Bowuguan), 201 Ren Min Da Dao, Shanghai China
You will arrive in Shanghai in the morning. Your local guide will meet you at the railway station and take you to the hotel for refreshing and a short rest if the early check-in was available.

Then you will visit one of the four largest museums in China, Shanghai Museum, which specializes in exhibiting art works from ancient times.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Yu Garden (Yuyuan), No.218 Anren Street, Huangpu District near Fuyou Road, Shanghai 200010 China
After that, you will be transferred to the Old Shanghai area and visit the elegant Yuyuan Garden. The symbol of the Garden is the Nine Zigzag Bridge built of granite and grass-white jade and the quaint, elegant mid-lake pavilion.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: The Bund (Wai Tan), Zhongshan East 1st Road, Shanghai China
Then you will have leisure time wandering on the Bund to see the prosperousness and modernization of the city.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Nanjing Lu (Nanjing Road), Nanjing East Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 200000 China
As a century-old shopping street in Shanghai, Nanjing Road was a witness of the city's history. It is a must-see metropolitan destination attracting thousands of fashion-seeking shoppers from all over the world.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Taikang Road, Shanghai China
At the end, you will also visit a distinctive old street. The guide will say goodbye after escort you back to the hotel.
Duration: 1 hour

No meals included on this day.
Accommodation included: Golden River-view Hotel (3 stars)

Day 6: Leave Shanghai by yourself

Pass By: Shanghai Pudong International Airport, S1 Yingbin Expy, Pudong Xinqu, Shanghai Shi, China
After breakfast at the hotel, please find your own way to the airport for your homeward flight. It is advisable that you reserve a taxi at the hotel reception beforehand to avoid having to wait for a taxi outside.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.